Those who know me well know that I enjoy nothing better than getting roughed up with some stage combat. It's fun, it's a great workout, and when done well, looks spectacular onstage. It can create incredibly visceral reactions from audience members. The flip side is when stage combat goes bad and audience members are more …
Nice face, eh? This week's throwback is memories of [THEY FIGHT!], which was performed at the 2013 London Fringe Festival (winning the Impresario for our venue!), and was re-mounted for a one night only bonus performance on July 3 at the Palace Theatre (which included a showing of The Princess Bride afterwards!). In this particular scene I was …
Have you ever dreamed about kicking down a door, throwing a drink in someone's face, or being able to throw a huge roundhouse punch? I always do, but I don't actually want to get into a real fight! (I would be getting myself the hell out of there if someone tried to pick a real …
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I'm sure you've heard that saying, "I'm a lover, not a fighter?" Well, it wasn't written about me, because I'm a lover AND a fighter.Hi everyone. My name is Kerry, and I'm a sword geek! I love stage combat, all things theatrical (can't you tell, seeing how dramatic this blog post already is?!), and I …
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Photo Credit: Jeremy Hewitson The Voices Collective's Macbeth opens today at The ARTS Project! Very exciting! And we are featured in the London Free Press too: Macbeth with a gender twist. Macbeth. It’s a name well known in theatre, even to the non-theatre goer. And the story is nothing unfamiliar to the well-versed audience member. So how …
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